Sunday, May 18, 2014

Retired military leaders fret kids will be 'too fat to fight'

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101656954

Want to improve national security without spending billions on a new weapons
system? Slim down America's kids and teach them to read, some retired
generals say.

The Army says more than three-fourths of 17- to 24-year-olds today are not
eligible to join the military because they aren't fit enough or don't meet
other basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or being able
to read or write properly.

That's got some of the nation's highest-ranking retired military officials
advocating a radical way to improve national security-improve the lives of
children.

"It's not just a school problem. It's not just a Department (of Education)
problem. It's a national security issue and it needs to be prioritized that
way," said retired Maj. Gen. D. Allen Youngman.

He's one of hundreds of former military officers who have gotten involved in
Mission: Readiness, a nonprofit organization whose "Too Fat to Fight"
reports attack junk food in schools. Its members also lobby lawmakers for
improved school lunches and more widely available pre-K education.

These military officials say such interventions are necessary for increasing
the pool of people who want to serve in the military and would be able to do
so.

"If you have a very small (group) who are interested to begin with, and then
the majority are not qualified, you can get into a pickle quickly," Youngman
said."

I don't know what those retired generals and admirals are really worried
about, it's not like we are ever going to fight anymore, is it? As far as
the Leftists are concerned, any potential foreign enemies won't threaten us
if we merely show them we ourselves mean them no harm. And even if those
potential adversaries did mean us harm, they won't be able couldn't figure
out how to cross the ocean to get at us anyway.  Therefore, the Leftists who
run our country see international terrorism as a police matter rather than
an issue requiring military intervention, either domestically or abroad. And
besides all that, the military will quickly be replacing much of its work
force with robots, the same as private enterprise is doing. Robots are much
less prone to misbehavior and psychological disorders and don't have
families to worry about them.

By Epictetus

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